 Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight...  Anthologia oxoniensis - Page 162edited by - 1846 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William B. Cairns - 1918 - 526 pages
...Bishop King's Sic Vita, which is analyzed with skill in Dr. SS Curry's Lessons in Vocal Expression.1t Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or as the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like the wind that chafes the flood,... | |
 | 1918 - 712 pages
...Lessons in Vocal Expression." Like to the falling of a star, Or 's the flights of eagles are, Or as the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like the wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrowed... | |
 | 1918 - 2062 pages
...silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood: Even ngs Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in to night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies, The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up,... | |
 | 1921 - 576 pages
...BEAUMONT. EH LIKE to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh springs gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like...chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to night. The wind blows out... | |
 | Geraldine Emma Hodgson - 1923 - 328 pages
...and distress in these particularly musical lines : Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flight of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like the wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; Ev'n such is man, whose borrowed... | |
 | Thomas Earle Welby - 1925 - 254 pages
...Lady sat; Heaven turned is to Hell; Satan sits where Our Lord did sway. Walsingham, Oh, farewell ! LIKE to the falling of a Star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water Stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is Straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 pages
...tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. JAMES SHIRLEY. SIC VITA.« LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the frcsli spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth! 1619 ;f ranci* JSeaumont (1584-1616) ON THE LIFE OF MAN LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | 1909 - 1132 pages
...to Beaumont, rippling in the music of a born poet : Like to the falling of a star, Or as the nights of eagles are, Or like the fresh Spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like the wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : E'en such is man, whose borrow'd... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 818 pages
...similar hut not more striking verses on the same topic. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the nights of eagles are, Or like the fresh Spring's gaudy hue,...a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on waters stood — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight called in and paid to-night : The... | |
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